Bag-frame fastener.



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HUGO TUECKMANTEL, OF RVNGTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 THE R. NEUMANNHARDWARE C0., A CGR-PORATION OF NEW JERSELI BAG-FRAME FASTENER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HUGO TUECKMANTEL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at lrvington, in the county ofJilssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulimpr vements in Bag-Frame Fasteners; and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

rEhe present invention has reference, generally, to improvements in thatclass of fastening or locking devices, known in the art as bag-framefasteners; and, the invention relates more particularly, to animprovement in the form. of bag-frame fasteners set forth in my formerLetters-Patent No 1,032,314, and dated July 9th, 1913, with a view ofdispensing with the usual hollow or chambered finger-piece, slidablydisposed upon the upper surface of the main chamhcred body or shell ofthe bag-frame fastener, and substituting therefor a slidablefinger-piece in the form of a flat plate.

rihe invention, therefore, has forits principal object to provide a neatand simly constructed bag-frame fastener of the general constructionhereinafter set forth, and the slidable finger-piece of which is made inthe form of a flat-plate, whereby the outward appearance of the deviceis generally enhanced.

rllhe invention has for its further object to provide the main chamberedbody or shell of the bag-frame fastener with a thumb-re' ceivingdepression, normally located beneath the o-ne end-portion of the flat orplate-like finger-piece, which enables the operator to more `easilymanipulate the fingerpiece, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

ther objects of the invention not at this time more particularlyenumerated will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescription of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the inventionconsists, pri marily, in the novel bag-frame fastener hereinafter setforth; and, the invention consists,

furthermore in the novel arrangements and Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed November 25, 1913.

Patented July ai, 1914.

Serial No. 802,873.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a front-side elevation of a bag-frame fastener orcatch, shown attached to a portion of the frame-section comprising abag-frame, and embodying the principles of the present invention; andFig. 2 is a top or plan view of the bag-frame fastener in its attachedrelation upon one of the frame-sections, the finger-piece and main bodyof the fastener being represented in their normal relations, one to theother, and said view being made on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section of the bag-frame fastener or catch removedfrom its relation with the bag-frame, said view being made on a stilllarger scale; and Fig. l is a view, similar to that represented in saidFig. 2, and made on the same scale, illustrating the position of theflat or platelike linger-piece to the main body of the fastener, whenthe finger-piece has been operated. Fig. 5 is an end view of thebagframe fastener or catch; and Fig. 6 is a top or plan view of the mainbody-portion of the fastener, the finger-piece having omitted from saidView.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, thereference-character 1 indicates the main chambered body or base of thebag-frame fastener, the same being preferably of elongated andrectangular configuration, which is surrounided by a {iange 2 and fromwhich extend at suitable intervals, and usually at' the ends of the saidmain body or base, suitable fastening lugs or prongs 3 which are adaptedto be inserted in correspondingly placed holes or slots, in one of thesaid bag-frame sections, as 4, and are bent over upon the under surfaceof said frame-section, as will be clearly understood from an inspectionof and as is represented been in Fig. l of the drawings. ln its fiatfaceseveral figures of the drawings, the said,

flat plate being adaptedl 'to slide longitudinally' upon the said upperface-portion 5,

and its marginal outline corresponding tov the marginal outline of theface-portion of the main body or' base of the bag-frame fastener, sothat the said parts of the device, `when in their normal lockingrelation, will be fitted upon each other and will have the appearance ofone complete shell orcasing. Suit-ably secured to the under face of thesaid flat-plate 8, by means of' suitable fastening lugs, as 10, whichextend into suitably disposed holes 11 in said plate 8, and rivetedfa'stto said plate in any suitable manner, is a downwardly' extending lockingpost 9, the said locking post thus being rigidly connected with theslide or fingerpiece formed by said flat plate S', and the said lockingpost projecting into and through, and being movably disposed in the '.5Ipreviously-mentioned longitudinal slot or opening 6 in the upper flatportion 5 of the chambered main body or base of the device. The outerend-portions ofthe' said locking post 9 are' also provided with suitablyformed lprojections or lugs, as 12 which extend through the slottedportion 1li of a flat spring' 13" and are bent over upon the back ofksaid spring, in the manner of my said former' Patent No.y 1,032,314, andas illusf trated in Fig. 3' ofthe drawings, for holding all of the partsin their operative and assembled relation. The said at spring 13 is alsomade with a transversely and upwardly projecting rib-like portion, as15, and made in the manner set forth in my said former- Patent No.1,032,314, and which, Iunder normal conditions, rests inl thetransversely extending slot 7 so as to hold the slide or linger-piece inits normal position 1 when' not in operation, and te help brngt 'backagain to. its' `normalr position' with surety andA a snap, thus''insuringI to the operator the locked condition ofthe parts of thedevice.

Of course it will be evident, that the slide orI iingerpie'ce, beingmadein the forniv of a flat plate of' approximately thin metal, in operatingthe slide in the direction of the arrow a?, see Fig. 3, there might be'al possibility of the thumb or linger of the operator sliding off thethin narrowedge-p'ortio'n 16 of the' plate 8,' and' toavo'id this, theupper fiat' surface-'portion 5 of the' main chambered body or base 1 ofthe bbdy of the fastener is provided at one end, and directly beneaththe said edge-portion 16 of theslide or fingerpiece S with a downwardlydepressed part, as 17, which tapers in an upward dit rection toward themiddle of the upper dat face-portion 5 of the said body and thereby i.provides a suitable thumb or fingerfreceiving depression 18, for thereception of that part of the thumb or linger which projects beneath theedge of the plate 8 when manipulating the same;`

While I have in the present' application illustrated the use of a flatplate-like slide or fingerpiece and a chambered' main body provided witha thumb or linger-receiving depression, in connection with theconstrue-- tion of bag-frame fastener represented in my said formerLetters Patent No. 1,032,31Ll,

I am fully aware that the features embodying the principles of thepresent invention may likewise be applied t-o other constructionsv ofbag-frame fasteners entailing the use of a `main chambered body or baseand a flat plate-like slide or fingerpiece movably disposed upon saidchambered body or base. Itv will be obvious, therefore, that changes maybe made in the general arrangements and combinations of the variousparts without departing from the scope of the present invention as setforth in the foregoing specinatation, and as defined in the clauses ofthe claimsV which are appended to the said specilication. Hence, I donot limit my present invention to the exact arrangements andcombinations of the various devices and parts as described in theforegoing specification, nor dol confine myself to the exact details ofthe construction of the said part-s, asillustrated in the accompanyingdra-wings.

, I claim :f f

1. A bag-frame fastener for bag frames and the like, comprising a mainchambered body or base, said body being provided with an upper fiatsurface formed at one end with a thumb or linger-receiving depression,

and a flat plate-like member movably disposedupon said upper flatsurface of said body or base and normally extending over said receivingdepression, for the insertion of the finger beneath said plate-likemember, for the manipulation of the same and of the locking, mechanismof the bag-frame fastener.

2. A bag-frame fastener for bag frames and the like, comprising a mainchambered body or base, said body being provided with an upper flatsurface formed at one end with a thumb or finger-receiving depression,the upper Hatsurface of the said main body or base being also providedwith a longitudinally extending slot, a iat plate-like mem# ber movablydisposed upon said upper flat surface of ksaid body' orbase and normallyextending over said receiving depression',

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for the extension ot' the finger beneath said set forth above I havehereunto set my hand pinto-like member for the maniptlation of this 24thday of November, 1913. the same, and a sprin0'oontro11e locking T postextending downwzigrdly from the said HUGO TUECKMABTEL' plate-like slideand through the slotin said Witnesses: main body o1' base. FREDK. C.FRAENTZEL,

In testimony, that I Claim the invention FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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